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I did this and got paid out a bit over a month ago. It was a good experience overall and I was nervous that they would scrutinize my last weigh in but I took a video of the scale, sent it to them and they returned my money plus some extra so I can't complain!

I went to get a massage today - the first since about 8 months and 15-20 lbs ago, and a transition from overweight to being at a healthy weight - and noticed how different it felt to get a massage! I guess I have lost back fat or something because it almost felt like she was massaging my bones - ribs, new definition in my…

I am about 170 lbs less than at my height weight about 14 years ago (holy crap saying that makes me feel old!). I do have a lot of loose skin and stretch marks and my boobs are pretty deflated (though surprisingly perky in some aspects/positions. Sorry if tmi). I go through periods when it bothers me and periods when it…

5’11.75” here! I currently weigh just under 180. Let’s say 178! Have lost about 30 lbs since last October though it has been very up and down. Trying to get to mid 160s and see how I feel about that. Before this year I hadn’t been lower than 185 at very lowest (and usually have been between 190 and 210) since I was in…

The 50-100 milers have been once a week. More averaging on the 60-70 mile length this year (just one century ride thus far, think I did five of them last year over the course of the summer then was kind of burnt out on it). In previous years I had aspirations to get up to a double century length and do some more events,…

For me currently, a few 25-30 milers a week with significant hills plus one or two longer rides of 50-100 miles.

Good idea! Follow up question for anyone who has time to comment... thoughts on the complicating aspect of travel? Makes it harder to plan as I won’t know what food options I’ll encounter... was thinking of some sort of temporary intermittent fasting approach. But also have to be on my game mentally for work.

1. To become a better rock climber and biker. Just generally the idea of being able to do cool things that are difficult with my body is appealing. 2. To get off the last little dose of blood pressure medication I am on 3. To just be done with the part of my life where I struggle with this 4. To have a healthy and less…

33 going on 34 very soon! Working off the last 15-20 lbs I had planned. Feel free to add me!

I just had one the other day but I have a new one now: after 2.5 years of climbing plus also probably due to having lost weight the past few months I now have a hint of muscle definition in my forearms. I noticed it the other day and just now when brushing my teeth. Maybe I am not supposed to feel excited about this as a…

Been to 3 yoga classes a week consistently the past three weeks in addition to running between 18 and 21 miles a week and getting some bouldering in!

Me too! Last 20 lbs... I have lost about 25 since October but stuck in 180s (am almost six foot) forEVER...

Taylor Swift Shake it off is a good running pace.

My jaw line is actually pretty defined now. I always just thought it was a genetic family thing and that I wouldn’t have much of a defined jaw line and chin no matter what, but there it is in the too-many selfies I have been taking the past few days. Also this is really a scale victory, but I am now at a healthy weight!…

Count me in as well! Want to see if I can lose 8-10 lbs before my birthday - April 26! Feel free to friend me!

Haha that was supposed to read ‘Good Luck!’

Thing that help me with this: - distance yourself from the thoughts. Take a step back and realize that you don’t control every thought that pops up in your brain, YOU are not the thought. You have agency to examine the thought and recognize that ultimately it originated in society’s messaging about what is beautiful or…

I was weighing every day but I started getting obsessive over it - and it didn’t help that I was in a plateau. I recently made a resolution to go about seven weeks without weighing but to focus on following my exercise plan and tracking everything consistently and really sticking to the calorie limit. I managed to go about…

Also, I find that a lot of negative feelings can be addressed with a nap.

Sometimes with workouts if I feel like I don’t want to go for a run for instance, I will tell myself to get out there and do a really minimal amount to at least say I did something. Then sometimes once I am out there I discover I have energy or desire to do more. Just having done something makes me not despair... Other…

Hey gweneria- on you calorie tracking question I was about your height and weight when I started this time around. My initial calorie goal was somewhere around 1,900-2,000 calories I think and I was following that the first month or two. Generally got a base level of exercise riding my bike round trip to work (10 miles) a…

Make a running list of all the ways you feel better as you lose weight. More energy. Look skinnier with clothes on. Compliments of those around you. Less long term worry about health risks related to weight. Refer back whenever you feel bad about the tummy. Realize that in life there are trade offs and you just have to…

Hi! My name is Margaret. I’m also pretty tall (almost 6’). Starting weight of my most recent weight loss was 206, CW 187, GW 160-165 range. Highest weight ever was somewhere around 355-360 when I was in high school and first year or two of undergrad. Lost all that weight when I was 19/20 yo down to about what I am right…

Pfft, this guys sound like either they are oblivious that they are insulting you at the same time as they are complimenting you (at least the ones implying you were unattractive before). I would just smile and nod unless they actually say something outright insulting about how you were before in which case it might be…

Today was a very long and stressful day at work and I indulged a bit in more food at lunch and during coffee breaks than planned. I felt like coming home and eating a bunch of pasta but instead I am going to take a nap and eat some quiche and a bunch of vegetables, then get back in it tomorrow. Plus, I did get myself to…

1. In the next two weeks, add running mileage up to 20 miles a week. Do this by lengthening my short runs and finding at least one new route. After I get to 20 miles a week, stick there for a while and work on speed a bit more until maybe mid May. 2. Today, I am aiming to closely monitor my intake so I will actually see…

A lot of the time getting busy doing something else is enough. Sometimes stalling and promising you can eat something in say 30 minutes but you have to complete X task first can take your mind off it and 30 minutes later the craving will be gone

- journal writing, as already mentioned. Lately I have just been making bullet points of everything that happened each day instead of writing directly about the things that bother me. Writing down what I did gives some mental distance from the day, isn’t super mentally taxing and sometimes I feel inspired to dig into…

I follow a program that is basically clean eating + appropriate portions. A bunch of things recently have led me to not follow it as closely as I did in the fall and I'm struggling as a result. With the program, I felt energetic, not hungry at all, and was making fantastic fitness gains. Currently I'm still hitting my…

Barbell training is great! I haven’t done it recently but started to get into it a year or two ago for a while. Has anyone here been focusing on the quality of what they eat along with the slower approach? I have a bit over 20 lbs that I want to lose but I am at the point now of the lowest weight that I have historically…